May 19, 1992

ETHEL M. WOODS

EAST PRAIRIE -- Ethel Mae Woods, 92, of East Prairie, died Sunday, May 17, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 11, 1899, near Piggott, Ark., daughter of William and Sara Jane Statler Thurman. She married George H. Woods Oct. 30, 1916. He died Dec. 21, 1991...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Ethel Mae Woods, 92, of East Prairie, died Sunday, May 17, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

She was born Oct. 11, 1899, near Piggott, Ark., daughter of William and Sara Jane Statler Thurman. She married George H. Woods Oct. 30, 1916. He died Dec. 21, 1991.

Woods was a member of Anniston Baptist Church.

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Survivors include three sons, L.C. Woods of Murray, Ky., Gene and Bobby Woods of East Prairie; four daughters, Inez Newman, Lela Grimes and Genevieve Haney of East Prairie, Joann Windslow of Bonneau, S.C.; 28 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Shelby Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Amos Johnson will officiate, with burial in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. today.

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